Showing posts with label Penguin Carolers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Penguin Carolers. Show all posts

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Penguin Carolers sing Joy to the World

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Monday edition of the Blog. 

We have the new release of Christmas Part 2 in the online store and they are all in stock and available for delivery. There are 34 new designs in this release. 

This release has something for everyone. So if you prefer a more religious tone to your cards- we have you covered. If you like a more whimsical design featuring Santa, reindeer, gnomes, moose or even a hot chocolate theme you will find some really cute dies.

I actually do a combo of religious and whimsical for my Christmas cards. Today, for your viewing pleasure, I am going whimsical with the Penguin Carolers (It's from the Christmas Part 1 release} + Joy to the World (Christmas Part 2 release) dies. So let's get started with some details on how I created this card. 

Step 1: I saw this week's Mojo sketch, and I immediately thought of these 3 penguin carolers. I knew the penguins would fit in one of the circles and a sentiment in the other. Plus, I could use some red ribbon which I like to do for my Christmas cards.
I looked through my designer papers and I thought this musical note themed paper would work well. I paired it with black cardstock and will use some red ribbon and embellishments to brighten it up. I used the Stitched Circles die for the circle elements of the sketch. It's the 3rd, 5th & 6th largest dies in the set.

Next, I cut the penguin carolers from black, white and red cardstock. Notice the little songbooks they are holding. So cute!

The Joy to the World Sentiment is done with a black foil. I thought the shiny foil would work well against the white circle of the sketch.
Step 3: Now that all my card elements are cut, I am ready to start assembly. I secured the designer paper to the white base with double sided tape. Used the same for the ribbon.
I placed the largest stitched circle on my card first because I wanted to position the sentiment and also make sure the penguin fit. 
Once I had the sentiment where I wanted it, I placed the 2 remaining circles.
When I added the penguins, I thought the middle one was a bit too large for this circle layout. So I cut another of the smallest and it worked ok. I will use the other penguin on my card inside.
For the flower element of the sketch I decided to use a black snowflake and cut it in the black foil. This is an older die from CottageCutz - Season's Greetings w/Snowflakes. I used the tiny dots from the Joy to the World sentiment to embellish the circles.
The card still didn't have the finished look to me. So I decided to make the card base red and cut some more dots and added those to the snowflakes on the designer paper. Bingo - the card brightened up and I am happy with the finished look.  
Well, that's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you a bit of inspiration on a way to use this new die. See you next Saturday!
dies I used to create card:





Friday, September 27, 2019

Birthday Melody

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today and I have a birthday card for you that is made with one of the new Christmas dies.  I have a real need for birthday cards with 20 people in my family (and that is only on my husband's side!)  Add to this my side of the family, then friends and well....you understand.  I make them whenever I can.
This card features the singing penguins from the Penguin Carolers die and uses a sketch from Splitcoaststampers.
I switched up the sketch a bit to accommodate my sentiment but it is very close.  I started the card by die cutting my penguins in black and white cardstock.  (Don't the little black penguin bases look like ghosts?  I'm thinking about how I could use these for Halloween!)
I colored the beaks and feet using a Copic marker and colored the eyes with a liner pen.  Then I assembled my penguins.
For the card itself I cut an A2 card base from Crushed Curry cardstock and two strips, one 2.875 x 5.25 inches and one .875 x 5.25 inches out of coordinating DSP.  I really like this paper as I felt the colors went perfectly with the colors of the penguins!
The ovals are cut from Whisper White using the second smallest of the Stitched Ovals dies.
I glued the panels and penguins to the card base; the smallest penguin is glued higher up in the oval so there is room for my sentiment strip.
My sentiment strip is .375 x 3.625 inches.  Originally I was going to use pink but decided on the green as a more neutral color.
To finish the card I popped the sentiment up using foam dots and added a few star sequins.  I love getting multiple uses out of my dies.  These cute little guys are perfect for Christmas or anytime of year!

Dies used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzpenguincarolers.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedovalsetbasics.aspx

Thanks for stopping by  today.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!